Sash fastener



Aug. 11, 1925. 1,548,961

W. M. T ABER SASH -FASTENFR Filed Aug, 1, 1922 Patented Aug. 11,

if" as it til i WILLIAM: 1VI. TABER, OF DENISON, TEXAS, ASSIGNOB ONE'HALF TO H. H. TAYLOR,

61F DENISON, TEXAS.

SASH FASTENER.

Application filed August 1, 1922. Serial No. 579,070.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLrAM M. Teena, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denison, in the county of Grayson and State of Texas, have invented a new and use 'ful Sash Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window sash fasteners.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device of this character which will lock the window sash in closed position and secure them in any desired adjustment relatively to each other.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will effectively hold the sash in locked position against accidental opening.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents an enlarged detail side elevation partly in section showing the fastener applied, and

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of one member of the fastener.

In the embodiment illustrated, the fastener constituting this invention comprises a rod 1 provided at its ends with journals 2 and mounted on a window frame 3 by means of a bracket 1 and a plate 5 which are provided with openings to receive the journals 2. The rod 1 extends vertically along the window frame 3 opposite the sash thereof and is provided with a series of longitudinally spaced notches adapted to be brought into engagement with arms 7 and 8 which project forwardly at right angles from the upper and lower sash, said rod being engaged with said arms by turning it to cause the notches 6 to interlockingly engage the hooked terminals of the arms. Each of the arms is exactly alike, and hence one only will be described in detail. The arm 8 is provided at its inner end with a shank 9 which is embedded in the wood work of the sash the upper arm 7 being slightly longer than the lower arm 8 to adapt it to be mounted on the upper, sash which is back of the lower sash and farther from the rod 1.

Shoulders are formed at the junction of the body portion 12 of the arms with the shanks 9 as is shown clearly in Fig. 2, and these shoulders 10 are apertured at one end as shown at 11 to receive fastening elements to assist in securing the arm to the window sash. The body portion 12 of each arm has an inturned hook-like portion or bill 13 which is arranged parallel with said body portion being connected therewith by a cross bar 13 The rod 1 is designed to operate between the bill 13 and the body portion 12 of the arm so that all possibility of lateral shifting movement of the rod relatively to the arms is prevented, thereby avoiding all possibility of the fastener becoming accidentally opened should the sash become loose or not fit plumb.

Mounted in the opening of the bracket 4 through which the rod 1 passes, is a coiled spring 15 which is wound around the rod and has one end secured to the rod and the other end attached to the bracket 4. The tendency of this spring is to turn the rod toward the arms to carry the notches into locking engagement therewith and to hold them in such engagement. By this construction, when an arm reaches a notch in the rod, the rod will turn the notch into engagement with the cross bar 18 of the arm thereby locking the sash in adjusted position and avoiding all possibility of them being opened except by manually turning the red.

A handle 14- is pivoted to the lower end of the rod 1 and is adapted to be turned up into a horizontal position to enable the rod to be readily turned out of engagement with the arms, the handle when not in use being arranged vertically and forming an extension of rod 1 as is shown clearly in Fig. 1.

From the above description it will be obvious that this improved sash fastener while simple and comparatively inexpensive will reliably lock the sash when closed or at any desired adjustment.

I claim 2- The combination with a window; of arms projecting horizontally from the sashes, said arms having parallel extensions spaced from the body portion thereof and each connected at its outer end to said body by a cross eral shifting of the rod relatively to the arms thereby avoiding all possibility of the fastener becoming accidentally opened should the sash become loose or not fit plumb.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

WILLIAM M. TABER.

Witnesses:

H. H. TAYLOR, C. J. CORCORAN. 

